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The data on the cycle of violence wrought by juvenile gangs is shocking and rings an alarm bell for us all.

The investigative journalism piece published in Ta Nea today records 25 gangs all over Attica.

According to Greek Police data, between January and August of this year, 208 minors were beaten up and 211 were robbed by members of other gangs.

Is it a product of the local perceptions that see "our" village as the most beautiful in the world or just another anecdotal buzzword among those that circulate from time to time jocularly at parties? Anyway, "there's no place like Halkidiki", even through its exaggeration, speaks a great truth. That, quite simply, there's no place like Halkidiki!

Troops from the Hellenic Army's 596th Airmobile Battalion and American counterparts from the US 5th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment are seen conducting air movement and air assault training as part of the Pegasus 21 exercise, in a photo made available over the weekend.

Close your eyes for a moment. When you open them, you'll find yourself in the main square of Fira, on the southern Aegean island of Santorini. Then, as if by magic, you're flying above the cable car, down to the sea and plunging into the caldera to explore the underwater crater before emerging on Nea Kameni to tour the volcanic islet.

Greece's death toll from the novel coronavirus has climbed to 147 after an 89-year-old woman died at Sotiria Hospital in Athens on Wednesday.

The death of a 101-year-old woman at Sotiria Hospital in Athens took Greece's coronavirus toll to 120 on Tuesday afternoon.
The woman, who had been suffering from underlying health issues when she was hospitalized with Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, had been admitted to hospital from a nursing home in Nea Makri east of the capital.

Kathimerini's political correspondent Aristotelia Peloni has been appointed alternate government spokesperson. 

The appointed was made public on Monday following a decision by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. 

Having started her career in journalism at Ta Nea in 1998, Peloni joined Kathimerini in 2016, covering New Democracy, and wrote the daily column Conclavios. 

A large drug cartel operating primarily in the Athens suburbs of Acharnes and Fyli has been unraveled by Attica police authorities.
Police said the cartel consisted of seven gangs that worked under the guidance of two criminal organizations.

A moderate earthquake measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale struck off the northeastern coast of Attica on Wednesday morning.

The epicenter of the 11.13 a.m. tremor was located 8 kilometers east of the seaside town of Nea Makri and at a depth of 5 kilometers.

One man was injured in the hand during a shooting incident in the area of Nea Moudania in northern region of Halkidiki, according to state-run news agency ANA-MPA on Thursday.

The 29-year-old man was hospitalised for treatment following a brawl with four other individuals, which is attributed to personal differences, the report said.